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j" " * ; rr=n the Union Daily Times PRESS ? t Tuesday slightly coldDAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established tin 1SS0?Coowrttd to Tlx Uftaiti Daily Times October 1, 1917 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY ' I _J i ' Vol. LXXII No. 1297 Union, S. C., Monday Afternoon^ January 16, 1922 3,. per Copy STREET CAR MEN OUT ON STRIKE Richmond, Va., Jan. 16.?Street car mo tor men, conductors and shopmen are on a strike in .Richmond, Norfolk and Portsmouth in protest against the wagf cut. Only a few cars are operated and jitneys are taking their places. The labor lenders said they would not seek another conference with the traction officials. The employes at Petersburg ignored the strike order. Four arrests were made in connection with the strike, charged with disorderly conduct. They shouted "scab" nt the men. Richmond, Va., Jan. 15.?Promptly at midniirht tonlcht. memhoMi nt local division of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America left their cars in protest of what they declared to be an uniust cut in their wages by the Virginia Railway & Power Co. Union men employed by the company in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Petersburg walked out at the same time. In all 1,010 employees of the company in Virginia left the employment of the carrier pending a settlement of the controversy. That the fight between the men and ( the company will be a long one is ' indicated by refusal of either side to grant any concessions. Officials of the transportation company have declared the determination to cut wages of the men beginning tomorow is final and have declined to consider arbitration in any manner. The good offices of Mayor George Ainslie looking to mediation were tendered the company and were declined. Representatives of ' the ear men announced late tonight .that they will fight the wage cut to the last ditch. | Inauguration of jitney service -o compete with the electric lines opcrated by the Virginia Railway Ai Power Co., is the weapon by which the II1VII ilV^V V*/ ?> III. U IUICJ ovt Vltc UVC1 all lines operated by the company was ^.v . jnrtuguwated at midnight .tonight, traby the-com|>jy^ <niployoes of the Virginia Railway & Power Co., in Richmond, effective at midnight tonight, were issued this afternoon by the headquarters here of the employees' union. Similar orders ' affecting Norfolk, Petersburg and Portsmouth were expected to follow, it was declared in labor circles. The carmen employed in the Richmond service were ordered to complete their last run up to the strike "zero hour" and then to take their cars to the barns and cease work until further notice. Power house employees and watchmen were authoried to continue at work in order that company property might be protected. Salvation Army Benefit A musical will be given Friday, January 27. at the high school auditorium for the benefit of the Salvation Army. A delightful program is being prepared by Mrs. W. T. Beaty and C. M. Hawkins, chairmen, and the dates of 1 !_ _ "11 J runenrsais win uu uiuiuuni'tu miti. Methodist Circles to Meet The Circles of Grace Methodist will meet Tuesday afternoon at the following places: No. 1?Mrs. W. H. Rasor at 4 o'clock. No. 2?Mrs. J. W. Crawford at 3:30 o'clock. No. 3?Mrs. Isabelle Foster at 3:30 o'clock. No. 4?Mrs. L. L. Wagnon at 4 o'clock. No. 5?Mrs. R. P. Sweeney at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. C. T. Murphy, President. Bailey-Simms The marriage of Miss Anna I^ee Bailey to Ernest Simms on Saturday afternoon, January 14, 1922, was a surprise to their many friends throughout the county. Mrs. Simms is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bailey, of Cross Keys. The groom is a young farmer * e Ik..* Li,. unit ni'iiiun twin inn 11 it'iiun nitcongratulating him upon hiR good' fortune. They were married at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. J. P. Simpson, of Whitmire, S. C. The ceremony was witnessed by a few intimate friends. We unite in wishing this young couple a long and happy life. Canners in Convention In Louisville ? _____ Louisville, Jan. 16.?Members of the National Canners Asociation, who are in convention, declared that they have succeeded in eradicating botulinus, especially from canned ripe olives and often the food poisoning is caused by improper diet and the careless handling by consumers. TWO CONSTABLES ARE WOUNDEI Charleston, W. Va., Jan. IB.?Lar H. Black and Zachariah W. Taylo troopers of the state constabular; were shot and seriously wounded i Dry Branch on Cabin creek toda while atte npting to take into cu: tody H. F. Alford on a writ of c: pias from Logan county, issued i connection with the armed marc last August. The two troopers wei brought to a hospitnl here for treat ment. Col. Jackson Arnold, superintem ent of public safety, later gave 01 a statement tbat the troopers wei fired upon by relatives of Alford, wh after wounding the officers, succeec ed in liberating the arrested mai All three escaped but a detachmer of 40 state troopers were immed ately ordered to go in pursuit of A ford and his kinsmen. Several bloot hounds were likewise placed on th scent. Announcement was made that th cViAAfmo fnrl o lr Woo + V? O (ircf o vmo resistance encountered by officials i making arrests in connection with th demonstration, to suppress which fee eral troops were ordered into th state. Subscriptions to $5,000 Canner' Lewis M. Rice . . . $ 60.0 C. K. Hughes 50.0 R. M. White 50.0 J. F. McLure 50.0 W. D. Wood 50.0 Dr. Russell Jeter 50.0 J. E. Minter 50.0 R. W. Beaty 50.0 T. B. Strange 50.0 F. H. Garner 50.0< H. L. Davis 50.0< J. R. Whitmire 50.0< Roy Willeford 50.0 Sam Berelowitz 50.0 Sam Kassler 50.01 C. R. Lancaster 50.0 I. V. Askew 50.0i S. Krass 50.0' Macbeth Young ........ 50.0 E. M. Garner 50.0 Claude Wilburn 50.0 J. Mobley Jeter, Jr. . ... . . 50.0 Victor Smith 50.0' Jno. W. Gregory 50.0 R. N. Sprouse 50.0 W. W. Johnson 50.0 C. B. Sparks 50.0 U. U. Ammons 50.0 T. B. Gault 50.0 Dr. A. P. McElroy 50.0 R. T. McMahon 50.0 George Willard 50.0 Gordon Bishop 50.0 R. T. McMehan 50.0 K. H. Harris 50.U P. J. Parham 50.C Dr. J. W. Buchanan 50.0 H. J. West 50.0 J. D. Hancock 50.0 Dr. W. N. Glymph 50.0 B. P. Kennedy 50.0 Boyan Austell 50.0 L. J. Browning ........ 50.(J Found 46 ? wanted 54 more sul scriptions. Who will be the next Unless we can secure 100, no sul scription will hold good. No solicitor no sales promoters. 'Phone No. and say ""Yes." Body of Negro Found In Ice Bo Greenville, Jan. 14.?The body < Otcar Hagood, 85 year old negro, w; found late Friday night in an ice bo at his pressing club on the Park< road just beyond the city limits t< ward the Monaghan mills. Hagoc had a gash in the back of the hea< He had been missing since Monda; Four negroes have been placed ui der arrest. Those taken into custod are Roscoe Evans, Robert Byrd, Alrr Anderson and Abraham Wakeftel Officers are conducting an invcstigi tion. Npw C'n hinpt A xxnmp* Pnw# Irish, Jan. 16.?The new cabin* under Poincare has assumed powe Senator Deschanel, the former pres dent, has announced the demand < the interpellation on foreign policy. Four Prisoners Escape Detroit, Jan. 16.?Four prisonei escaped from tho house of detentic by tearing away the bars and dodgin the fusillade of bullets. Commercial Airplane Arrive Washington, Jan. 16.?A Commci cial airplane that was reported lost o the Florida coast has arrived j If! 1^1 f_l 1 _ ! A At V f mimini isiana, according 10 me i\av Department. Beds to be Standardized Washington, Jan. 16.?The Con merce Department has standardiz< beds so that the bed and matt re: manufacturers can cooperate. Miss Lillian Turner, of Blacksburi S. C., is spending several weeks wit h?r sister, Mrs. L. H. Gault, on Ri< avenue. SEAMEN RESCUED ) NONE TOO SOON ie New York, Jan. 15.?Without foo< r, and water for two days and durinf y, that time lashed to the eabin hatch o: it their waterlogged craft to preven iy them from being washed overhoan s- by mountainous seas, Capt. V. M. Col i- and seven members of the crew o: n the American schooner, James M h Hall, arrived here today on the steam e ship West Canon, which rescued then t- 250 miles southeast of Cape May, N. J Virtually abandoning hope of evei 1- being picked up alive, the shipwreckec it crew used its remaining dry mate! 'C Friday night to set fire to a dish pnr io of gasoline in a last desperate attempt 1- to make known its plight. The result ft- ant flare was seen from the West Can' it on bound here from Java, which imi mediately headed for it and took ofl I- the men, who were suffering from colc 1- and hunger. ie The schooner which left Charleston S. C., for Boston, Jnnuary 5, with a 1(1 cargo of lumber, was abandoned. Sh< ? registered 491 tons and was owned ir n Boston. ? Captain Cole said he encounterec heavy gales and rough seas soon aftei in leaving Charleston. They increased ir force and became so violent that tht vessel sprung a leuk and began to fill with water. All hands were put t< V work at the pumps, but they coulc q make little headway because of the q terrific pounding to which the craft () was subjected. Finally conditions bey came so bad that the captain ordered 0 all men to lash themselves to the 0 hatch of the cabin, which was the 0 onlv part of the deck structure to re0 main above the surface. Except for 0 brief intervals when a man would risk jj the fury of the seas to send up disq tress signals, they remained that way 0 for two days and nights with nothing 0 to eat or drink. 0 [J Notice 0 0 All members of Swannanoa Lodge 0 No. 99 will hereby take notice that 0 the meeting night has been changed 0 welcome to meet with us. 0 I. C. Price, q Noble Grand. Q R. L. Cromer, 0 Recording Secretary. 1297-3t 0 _ . - * ' u Subscriptions to $5,000 0 Potato Drying House ?0 H. Riley . .".... .... $500.0( 0 Thos. McNally 100.0C i0 P. J. Parham lOO.Ot 10 Pr. J. W. Buchanan 100.0( (0 Lewis M. Rice 100.0( i0 J. P. Hancock 100.(X 0 L. J. Browning 100.0( 0 B. F. Kennedy 100.0( i0 S. R. Garner 100.0( i0 J. R. Charles 100.0( i0 i0 Total $1400.0( j. Unless $5,000 is raised, no subscrip ? tion will count. If you don't like i ). cannery, come on into a potato dn g, house. We need both. Both will help 1 The potato dry house will pay quickei dividends. Come on! Phone No. 1 and say $500, $100 oi $1,000. x ' m" Lives of Two Taken by Negrc >f ls Swansea, Jan. 14.?Dilsey Livings ,x ton and Clemmie Jones, negroes >r were shot to death Friday afternoon 5. about eight miles south of Swansea ,d Will Felder, another negro, is charg d. ed with shooting and is now in th< y. Ix;xington jail, suffering from wound: i- inflicted by officers when they at |y tempted to arrest him. m The woman was shot twice, once ii d. the back through the right shoulde: blade and once in the left breast The woman was killed on th< Ebenezer church grounds. This tool sr place about 4 o'clock in the after noon. et Jones was killed about two mile r. from the church on the farm of Me< li- Redd about an hour after the womai >f had been killed. One bullet took ef feet in the left breast of Jones an< passed clear through the body. Th< bullet came out under the righ rs shoulder blade and was found ii >n Jones' clohtting. ig A posse scoured the woods until j late hour last night in efforts to ap prehend Felder. Felder was caugh is today by Rural Police Asbill am r_ Deputy Sheriff Oswald. When tb fY negro saw the officers coming h at opened fire, on them. The officers re ,v turned the fire, seriously woundini Folder with buckshot. An inquest was conducted this af 101 noon and the Verdict of the coro ner's jury was that Dilsey Livingstoi i- and Clcmmie Jones came to theii 'd death at the hands of Will Felder The woman was about 25 years oli and Jones about 22. g, If he property holds out, the ship h ping board is guaranteed an incom ?e from auctions if not from freightCincinnati Enquirer. WILSON TALE I ABOUT LEAGUE i Washington, Jan. 15. ? Declaring C anew his confidence in tfce 'vitality of f the league of nations," former presit dent Wilson today warned an im1 promptu gathering at his home in S e street that those who 'j opposed the f league would have to *look out for . themselves." A motion made by a man in the i audience at a meeting of^tho Woodrow . Wilson foundation that fcbose nresent r pay their respects to th% former t hief i executive led to a spontaneous pili grimage of several thousand admirers and friends of Mr. Wilson through slushy streets to his residence. There the crowd was rapidly augmented and swiftly resolved itself into an enthusiastic demonstration. . J Mr. Wilson's remarks V01'*-' in reply to Samuel Gompera, president of the American Federation Labor, who acting as spokesman for the crowd, had declared that its prwtnce offered proof that the league or nations was not dead. ? "I need hardly tell yoc how such a demonstration of friendship and confidence makes me feel," Wilson replied. *L "There can be no dou|& of the vitality of the league of nafifons. It will take care of itself anctikhosc who do not regard it will have to look out for themselves. I have no gi'pciety for it. My only anxiety is to Wo our great people turn their faces in the right direction and move all their force.- I thank you fwf all this. I don't deserve it, but X ?#5"y it. nevertheless." The former president* Was assisted to the door by Mrs. W$ft>u, who shared with him the plaudihFof the crowd. Mr. Wilson's voice,. "Wiiilc lacking the volume of his moio^yigorous days, was strong enough to ?rry to most of those who jammt<l?lie street m front of his homfcMjB! one point, when tlie cheers Mftli especially vociferoas, Mr. Wilsen I Ude a motion j as though he i&ftaHHBj Walk down [| the steps and shcSH with those story window and wave?their hands. The march from down jown was led by Senators Walsh of Montana. Fletcher of Florida and Harris of Georgia. The motion which led to the pilgrimage was adopted unanimously , at the meeting which had been addressed by Samuel Gompers, Dr. Sam) uel T .Eliot of Boston, Hamilton Holt ) of New York, and others, in behalf of j the foundation's program to collect a ) fund of $1,000,000 for scholarships in ) honor of Mr. Wilson. | Shot Wife and Daughten ) And Commits Suicide ) Hackensack, N. J., Jan. 16.?Peter ) Pepe shot and killed Ms wife and - seriously wounded his daughter and ) committed suicide in his home. His - son was aroused by the shooting and i saw his father chasing his mother, / who was bleeding from the bullet i. wounds. The mother died in the snow. r ' Studying Far Eastern r And Pacific Questions Washington, Jan. 16.?The arms conference is studying the Far East> ern and the Pacific questions while awaiting the Tokio instructions the - Japanese delegation is reagring the i, naval limitation treaty. . Fighting Food Profiteers in Tiffin ? Tiffin, Ohio, Jan. 16.?Fighting the s food profiteers, Mayor Unger has es' tablished three bread stores at the tire station retailing: ttie pound loaf I at six cents. r m ? - " Southern Furniture Exposition Opens High Point, N. C., Jan. 16.?With delegates from every state the Southc orn Furniture Exposition opened its show here today. Conferences Resumed j Washington, Jan. 10.?Conferences between the railroad executives and t the unions were resumed under Secretary Hoover to eliminate disagreeII ments. 1 TODAY'S COTTON MARKET t Open Close A January 17.80 17.6f e March 17.7f? 17.58 e May 17.33 17.22 - July 16.95 16.8C x October 16.27 16.2( . N. Y. Spots 17.?? rt I/Ocnl market 17.6( Blanton-Plaxcio Miss Lillian Blantop and Mr. Clarl Plaxico were united in marriage Saturday afternoon at Monarch. >- Both these young people are pop e ular and have a wide circle of friends - who unite in wishing them great hap piness. 0 i GUARD ON DUTY TO INSURE TRIAL Manchester, Ky., Jan. la.?Armed with rifles and two mat hine nuns, r?0 state guards under command of Mai. James K. Dillon. arrived here late today and tomorrow morning will go on duty at the Clay county court house, where court will convene for the trial of Steve Martin, aliened feudist, charged with the murder of Wood Burge. Troops were ordered here by Governor Morrow at the request, of Judge* Hiram Johnson, whose first official act after assuming his duties January I was to discharge the petit and grand juries in an effort, he said, to clean up Clay county. The request was made following the circulation of reports that the Martins and TMiilpots, relatives of the defendant, were planning to march here 100 strong, to prevent the conviction of Steve Martin "even if they have to blow up the court house." Members of the Burge clan also arc planning to attend the trial in large numbers, it is said. The Martin-Burge feud was revived on Christmas day when three men were killed and several injured in a battle in which it is said the bodies of the slain were allowed to remain lying: on the ground for hours because their kinsmen were afraid to attempt to remove them. This is the sixth time in the past 1J months that state troops have been ordered out in Kentucky to protect circuit courts. Returns to Tennessee Mr. II. T. Price, who has been conducting a large farm on Broad river, has accepted the position as assistant superintendent of the Tennessee Industrial School, at Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Price has had years of experience in this work, having resigned it to come to the farm to recuperate his health. Mrs. Price will not leave now, but will follow her husband later. Mr. Price leaves Wednesday to take up his work at Nashville. , The Beulah community will greatly Cuba May Negotiate Five Million Loan Mexican, Jan. 16.?The. American government is notified that Cuba may negotiate the $5,000,000 loan, hut declined to sanction the $50,000,000 loan until the budget is reduced. Turned Over To Irish Provisional Government Dublin, Jan. 16.? The British has turned over to the governmental powers for Ireland to the Irish ixrovisional government under the treaty provisions. Revised Proposals Submitted Sheffield, Ala., .Tan. Id.?The Newport Building Company of Wilmington, N. C., will submit the revised proposal for the lease and the operation of Muscle Shoals, according to President Engstrumu. Turkish Nationalist Leader Reported Murdered London. Jan. 14.?Mustapa Kemal Pasha, Turkish Nationalist leader, has been murdered says an exchange telegraph agency dispatch from Constantinople, quoting Anogra advices Inventor of Repeating [ Rifle Is Dead Hartford, Conn., Jan. 14.? Christopher Miner Spencer, invenor of tin repeating rifle, is dead. t Woman's Body Found i Wilson, N. C., Jan. 14.?Following instructions received in an unsigned letter, q deputy sheriff last nigh; found the body of Mrs. Miles Pearsa' i in the backyard of her home fivf I miles east of this eity, it was learner . tnnicrht. Tho woman was sho! through the heart about nine days ago, according to the coroner. Miles Pearsall, husband of the dea? woman, and another man and woman , who had lived with the Pearsalls, art , missing. A horse and a mule, shut , up in the barn, and a cow tied outside , were nearly dead of starvation wher J found. A pile of wearing apparel ^ meat, hay and corn was found in th yard, according to the deputy. / . search for Pearsall and the other mar and woman has begun. * Miss Gladys Carlisle spent the week end in Spartanburg with Miss Rstelk Cohen. t Miss Margaret Hall of New York 1 the guest of friends in Union for i couple of days. t H. F. Whitehead, of Mt. I.ehanoi - community, was a business visitor ii Union today. MAN AND WOMAN HELD FOR FORGERY Aiken, .Jan. la. Three men and one woman, alleged to be the parties who duped the three leading hard s of Aiken last Thursday by tendering forced cheeks on a local cotton buyer for nearly $800. were placed in Aiken jail today, having been arrested at the Terminal hotel in Augusta, after their rooms had been guarded until 7 o'clock this morning by the police. The men pave their names as J. C. Westbury, Sam 11. Padgett and Melton j Lyles. The woman claims to he the wife of Padgett. Detective M. S. Whitehead of Atlanta, representing the Burns Detective agency and in the employ of the American Banking association, caused ihe arrest. Last night he thought he recognized a letter in the signatures on the hotel register that struck him i as bearing a marked sitttilariy tithe writing of the Aiken bank forgers. He telephoned for Cleveland Thoma.of the Farmers and Merchants' bank. I and William Schroder, cashier of tire j Aiken First National bank, to come a< , once to Augusta. The two cashiers I with four officers and Mr. Whitehead i took stands in the hallway leading ' > i the two rooms occupied by the thremen and one woman, and at 7 o'cloc.v this morning knocked at the doors their rooms and were admitted. Padgett and his wife both arc alleged to have had heavy revolvers uiitl r then pillows, but were covered by the offi ! vers with guns and made no show of I resistance. When brought to Aiki". 'and placed in jail, Lyles, who is the youngest of the three men, was at once identified, the officers claim, athe man who passed the forged check i for $182 on Cashier Parduc of vieBank of Western Carolina, one fori $204 on Cashier Thomas of the Farnf-J i ers and Merchants, and one fo? $294.30 on Cashier Schroder of the First National bank. When visited at jail Mrs. Padgett taunted Cashier Thomas for being an ; easy mark, but denied any connection ) with the forgeries. She claims her | home is in Chattanooga, Tenn., and ' gang has operated at Griffin, La-j Grange, Waycross and Americus, Ga..| .besides working Newberry, Spartanburg and Aiken banks. Two cars were seized by the arresting officers. Giants' tar To Wed Childhood Sweetheart New York, Jan. 16.?The engage mi nt of Frank Fisch, the Giants' sta-' and Miss Ada Lucy, his childhood's playmate, has been announced. American Rescue d From Bandits F.l Paso, Texas, Jan. 16.?A. C Style, the American mine owner h:n I been rescued from the Mexican ban dits who demanded $10,000 ransom by the Mexican soldiers. The bandits escaped. To Furman Alumni Union. S. C., Jan. 14. 1022. Pear Friend: There is to he held at the Hank <.f Union, Thursday night, January loth at 7 p. m., sharp, an important meeting of the Furman Club of Union County. Your presence is earnestly requested, as questions of vital importance will be discussed. I* 1*1 id I 11 (V VAtl UmH Ik., %1'ttll llw 1 * i 111 I I U.--IIIIS ,1 "l- ?? 'II "I " * ?? . Sincerely yours, D. N. Wilburn. ltpd. Sec. Furman Club. Farm House Destroyed by Fire J. E. Johnson, a prosperous farmci livinpr four miles above Jonesville, had the misfortune to lose one of his ton| ant houses by fire Friday night. Tin house was totally destroyed. The ten I ant also lost everything he had in the . house. Thousands to Visit The Passion Play Oberammergau, Germany. Jan. t"> " | ?One hundred thousand or more vis , i itors already have applied for ticket? ! *iu? r? r?i I iu nit" i n?niv;ii i tny w? ur nr>? summer, from May to September. As soon as it was definitely knowr the play would be performed this yeai prices here were advanced enormously and there was apparent a tendency tc 11 hoard everything possible against th< , day when the "rich foreigners" came The Passion Play committee has taker this situation in hand and will issu< -! price lists and seek with all energy I'j to avoid any "profiteering." 1 ' Bcrnice, the daughter of Mr. am s; Mrs. J. A. Petty, of Monarch, is recov a ering from an attack of pneumonia. 0 Mrs. Harrie Storm and children re 1 turner! yesterday afternoon from i visit to relatives in Charleston. TREASURY SHOWS GREAT WAR COST I , . Washington, Jun. l.r?.?Government financial operations since the country's entrance into the World war in| volved more than $200,000,000,000. ac1 cording to figures compiled today by I the treasury on the basis of daily ' statements from April 0. 1917. to !)< cember 21. 1921. This stupenduous sum consisted of receipts, both ordinary and public, or more than $99.000,000,000 balanced against disbursements, of both classes of a like total. Starting on the eve of the war, April ! 5, 1917, with a net balance in the genI eral fund of $92.000,OnO, receipts ex! elusive of principal of public debt. I from April <?, 1917, to December 21, | 1921. totalled $24,01H.000.000, while public debt receipts during the san . period amounted to $75,043,000,000. Disbursements, exclusive of pub. debt, for the period aggregated $4 . 785,000,000, while public disbursements totalled $52,481,000,000, and on I December 21, 1921. the net balance in 1 the general fund was $488,000,000. For the war period the excess of disbursements, exclusive of nrineinai of the public debt, over receipts of ! the same class was $2-1,000,000,0no. : Over the same period the gross pubi lie debt increased by $22,000,000,000, and from $1,000,000,000 on April 5, . 1917, to $23,000,000,000 on December 31, 1921. Exclusive of foreign loans of j $9,597,000,000 ordinary disbursements I of the government from April 0, 1917, I to the end of the past year aggregated I $36,187,000,000, these amounting to j $330,000,000 from April 6, 1917, to | June 30, 1917; $7,958,000,000 for the | fiscal year of 1918, $15,035,000,000 for I the fiscal year of 1919; $5,982,000,000 for the fiscal year of 1920; $5,042,000,000 for the fiscal year 1921 and $1,837,000.000 from July 1. 1921, to December 31, 1921. Compulsory School Law The following law will now be en- ... forced in School District No. .. teachers are required to report pupils who do not attend school w.Jhin ^ son having charge of any child L*' tween eight and 14 years of ag elusive must send such child to a public, private or pariclirl school or i to a competent tutor, s bject to he ; approval of the county sup >rintendi c ut of education, for f u * eonsecu ive I months, or SO cons u re school | days, during the scholastic year that ' the school attended is 111 *ev.L>.i: Provided that in case the t r i of ary school is less than four mon.ha or 80 school days, attendance for the full term of such school shall be sufficient j to meet the requirements of this act j except as hereinafter provided. Penalty for Violation of Act. That any parent, guardian, or other per| son having charge of any child subj ject to the provisions of this aet who wilfully neglects or refuses to comj ply with these provisions, 01* any per! son, firm or corporation who shall induce such child to violate same shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any magistrate, be fined not less than five, nor more than tin dollars, or he imprisoned not less than five n<> mule than ten days. All fines col looted under this Act arc to ho naid into the school fund for such district in which said offense was committed By or?lcr of School Board, School District N<> li Cotton Consumed During December \\"i?>hin^i.Ian. 1 1. ? Cotlon en sunu'd during December amounted !< 511.800 bales of lint and 41.698 of linters, comparcMl with 295.292 of lint and 27,287 of linters consumed in Doleinbei a year ago, the census bureau announced today. Cotton on hand December 91 in ' consuming establishments was 1,7117,771 bales of lint and 167,862 of linters, compared with 1,251,122 of 'lint and 28.1,311 of linters in public storage and compresses, 5,177.266 bales of lint and 171,303 of linters, , compared with 5,623 of lint and 337,I 198 of ilnters. ! Imports for December were 60,996 bales compared with 25,890 a year ago. Exports in December amounted to 639,825 bales, including 4,394 of linters, compared with 788,578 bales, including 3,199 of linters in December h year ago. Spindles active during December numbered 34,488,610, compared with f 29,914.614 in December a year ago. Statistics for cotton growing states follows: 1 Consumed during Dcemb0'*. 3^1 - 285 bales compnred wi'h 193.305 On hand December 3* in consu ing establsihmrn's, 922 991 b^' - compared with 622.071 an 1 in mih,; * storage and at compresses 4.807,823 bales, compared with 5,266,147.